Ana Cristina da Silva (born 12 December 1985), commonly known as Cris, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Campeonato Piauiense Feminino club Atlético Piauiense.[1]
Cris was part of the Equatorial Guinea women's national football team at the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup.[2]
On 5 October 2017, Cris and other nine Brazilian footballers were declared by FIFA as ineligible to play for Equatorial Guinea.[3]
Early life
Ana Cristina da Silva was born on 12 December 1985 in Três Rios, a municipality of the state of Rio de Janeiro in Brazil.[4][5]
Club career
While playing for Associação Ferroviária de Esportes (commonly known as Ferroviária) in Brazil, she was a member of the team that won the Campeonato Brasileiro de Futebol Feminino league and the Copa do Brasil de Futebol Feminino cup double in 2014.[4]
International career
After being nationalised as an Equatoguinean,[6][7] she was selected as a member of the Equatorial Guinea women's national football team for the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup in Germany.[8] At the time of being named in the squad, she was unattached at club level.[9] When da Silva was a member of the Equatorial Guinea team that won the 2012 African Women's Championship, she was one of 11 out of the 21 players who were naturalized Brazilians playing as Equatoguineans.[6][7]
She continued to play for the Equatoguinean women's team through the qualifying matches for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.[10] However, the team were expelled from the tournament after fielding a player with fraudulent documentation.[11]
International goals
Scores and results list Equatorial Guinea's goal tally first
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 |
17 June 2011 | Stade Jos Becker, Niederanven, Luxembourg |  Luxembourg |
5–0 |
8–0 |
Friendly |
Notes
- ^ "Iranduba fecha com volante ex-Foz e Ferroviária-SP para a Copa do Brasil". globoesporte.com (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 27 January 2017.
- ^ "Official squad list 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup". FIFA. 17 June 2011. Archived from the original on 12 July 2011. Retrieved 17 June 2011.
- ^ "Equatorial Guinea expelled from FIFA Women's World Cup France 2019". FIFA.com. 5 October 2017. Archived from the original on 6 October 2017. Retrieved 5 October 2017.
- ^ a b "Cris". Soccerway. Retrieved 4 November 2016.
- ^ "Ana Cristina Da Silva, Equatorial Guinea". Goal.com. Retrieved 4 November 2016.
- ^ a b Agergaard & Tiesler 2014, p. 90.
- ^ a b Agergaard & Tiesler 2014, p. 98.
- ^ "Official squad lists submitted". FIFA. 17 June 2011. Archived from the original on 12 July 2011. Retrieved 17 June 2011.
- ^ Johnston, Patrick (23 July 2011). "Equatorial Guinea names 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup team". Archived from the original on 9 July 2018. Retrieved 4 November 2016.
- ^ "Equatorial Guinea arrives for Banyana Banyana clash". South African Football Association. 2 November 2015. Retrieved 4 November 2016.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Equatorial Guinea expelled from Women's Olympic Football Tournament 2020". FIFA. 11 April 2016. Archived from the original on 14 April 2016. Retrieved 4 November 2016.
References
- Agergaard, Sine; Tiesler, Nina Clara (2014). Women, Soccer and Transnational Migration. New York: Routledge. ISBN 978-0-41582-459-0.
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